Autor: Stephanie Launiu

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  The Sacredness of Mountaintops

  From the earliest days, mankind has looked to the heavens for answers to the mysteries of life. Ancient societies considered the heavens to be the home of the gods and natural phenomena such as the sun and the moon, rain, thunder, lightning, rainbows, and clouds. Polynesian explorers read the heavens to navigate wide swaths of ocean depending only on the stars and constellations to tell them where they were.  According to the Fuji Declaration, “The great spiritual traditions of the world have always been telling us that, at its root, human life is inextricably linked to its universal source.” The highest mountaintops on earth became the ultimate height to which […]

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  World Peace Begins with Me

  World peace. Peace on earth. International peace. Global peace. These all describe the concept of a world in which all nations and peoples are living in a state of freedom, happiness and peaceful relations with one another. Has there been a time in history when there hasn’t been a conflict or war rumbling in some corner of the world? When will all nations on earth find common ground and peaceful discourse to resolve long-standing differences and disagreements? Will we ever see world peace in our lifetimes? When will the Divine Spark within humanity light the eternal flame of peace? These are questions that caring men and women have pondered for […]

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  Inner Peace in a Noisy World

  As a writer, I have the blessing of being able to think and ponder a lot, and the privilege of putting my thoughts on paper for others to read. The challenge is that sometimes I need to think and write in the midst of chaos and noise. Isn’t that true for all of us? The noisy world that we all love will continue revolving on its axis regardless of our individual needs. We are each on a lifelong journey to search for and find our own peace in this world. The Fuji Declaration says in part, “We will continually strive to free the human spirit for deep creativity.”  We must […]

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  Sisters Shoulder to Shoulder

  It seems fitting that each year as Spring approaches, we celebrate International Women’s Day. Spring…the season of renewal when the earth warms and we are surprised by the hidden seeds that we forgot were buried, even as they struggled to break the surface. Spring…when Mother Earth adorns herself with luscious pastels and brilliantly-colored flowers. The Australian poet, Pam Brown, asked “When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?” The image of women standing shoulder to shoulder across the world is a powerful one. This need not be a stance of power, anger or defensiveness, but rather of sisterhood, helpfulness and equality. When one stands shoulder to […]

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  Divine Spark: Finding the Divine in the Ordinary

  I have always considered it a sublime blessing to have been born in a place where my ancestors have lived for more than a thousand years. Hawai’i. Forty generations ago their canoes landed on volcanic rock in the middle of the deep Pacific Ocean. Where they came from and why they sailed over thousands of miles of open ocean to an unknown destination are mysteries lost to time. Their ancient society revered nature and came to believe that the gods lived everywhere and in everything. Earth and man were equals. Each took care of the other. In essence, earth and man were family. Everything was alive. The trees and flowers […]

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